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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">The way I read the USPTO guidance on trademark fees, they will be effective whenever you log into Trademark Center on Saturday, Jan. 18.. And TEAS won\u2019t
be available any more then. I wonder if they\u2019ll have fixed the reported inability of Trademark Center to handle section 44(e) applications by then.
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lara Pearson via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 15, 2025 2:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lara Pearson <lara@brandgeek.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Silly question about what day the new PTO fees actually take effect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I know that the PTO says the fees become effective on January 18, which is a Saturday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Does that matter? If so, do the changes take effect on Tuesday, since this weekend is a long holiday weekend with MLK Day (and some other thing) happening on Monday?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Overthink much? Yeah, me too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thanks for helping me out of this rabbit hole.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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